Comicbook 'Bloodstrike' heads to bigscreen
08-20-12, 08:26 PM
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Comicbook 'Bloodstrike' heads to bigscreen
Comicbook 'Bloodstrike' heads to bigscreen
Adi Shankar's 1984 Private Defense Contractors to produce
The vampire soldiers of "Bloodstrike" are heading for the big screen, with the comic book property set up with Adi Shankar's 1984 Private Defense Contractors.
Producers on the project are Shankar, "Bloodstrike" scribe Rob Liefeld and Liefeld's manager Brooklyn Weaver ("Out of the Furnace").
Liefeld's new angle, aimed at creating a franchise appeal, focuses on a Bloodstrike unit consisting of a team of super-soldiers who have secretly been imbued with vampire blood -- making them an elite strike force feared by all enemies. The property launched in 1993 via Image comics and sold over 30 million copies.
Shankar's shingle has tapped Dutch Southern to write an all-female riff on "The Expendables" and co-financed Joe Carnahan's "The Grey," Marc Forster's "Machine Gun Preacher" and Andrew Dominik's upcoming Brad Pitt-starrer "Killing Them Softly." Shankar is partnered with Spencer Silna in the company.
Liefeld ("Deadpool") was a co-founder of Image Comics in the early 1990s, which launched with his "Youngblood" series.
Weaver is the topper of Energy Entertainment.
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Adi Shankar's 1984 Private Defense Contractors to produce
The vampire soldiers of "Bloodstrike" are heading for the big screen, with the comic book property set up with Adi Shankar's 1984 Private Defense Contractors.
Producers on the project are Shankar, "Bloodstrike" scribe Rob Liefeld and Liefeld's manager Brooklyn Weaver ("Out of the Furnace").
Liefeld's new angle, aimed at creating a franchise appeal, focuses on a Bloodstrike unit consisting of a team of super-soldiers who have secretly been imbued with vampire blood -- making them an elite strike force feared by all enemies. The property launched in 1993 via Image comics and sold over 30 million copies.
Shankar's shingle has tapped Dutch Southern to write an all-female riff on "The Expendables" and co-financed Joe Carnahan's "The Grey," Marc Forster's "Machine Gun Preacher" and Andrew Dominik's upcoming Brad Pitt-starrer "Killing Them Softly." Shankar is partnered with Spencer Silna in the company.
Liefeld ("Deadpool") was a co-founder of Image Comics in the early 1990s, which launched with his "Youngblood" series.
Weaver is the topper of Energy Entertainment.
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08-20-12, 09:45 PM
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Re: Comicbook 'Bloodstrike' heads to bigscreen
I'm completely unfamiliar with this comic. Based on the title alone I was opposed to this comic/movie and then I saw Rob Liefeld's name and it confirmed my worst fears.
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08-21-12, 12:29 AM
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They will go for a record of the least amount of feet shown, most number of pouches worn & the greatest amount of body contortionists ever shown on screen!!!
08-21-12, 01:04 AM
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I remember when Dan Fraga used to draw the book - it still sucked as a comic, but Fraga was an okay artist, though. From what I remember. Damn, 1993? Shit, I'm getting old.
08-21-12, 01:32 AM
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Don't you remember the 7 original Image founders in 92? They all struck out on their own and EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD A WOLVERINE RIP-OFF AS ONE OF THEIR "CREATIONS". (*yawn*)
08-21-12, 09:57 AM
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Here's Bloodstrike #1 published in 1993. I don't know who the line up is now, but that Wolvering looking dude was still part of the team. Also, I think Fraga did the pencils, and Liefeld inked the cover or Liefeld did the pencils and Fraga inked it. Not sure.
08-21-12, 11:50 AM
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Now Fraga directs the Ricky Gervais show. Now that I think about it, you rarely see their feet on there either.
